Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person (not being a company) is entitled to a contractor's licence if the authority is, on application by that person, satisfied that--
(a) the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold the licence; and
(b) the applicant has the qualifications and experience required by regulation in relation to a licence of the relevant class; and
(c) the applicant satisfies the relevant financial requirements stated in the board's policies; and
(d) the applicant can lawfully work in Queensland; and
(e) the applicant is not an excluded individual for a relevant event or a permanently excluded individual; and
(f) the applicant is not a disqualified individual; and
(g) the applicant is not a banned individual; and
(h) the applicant does not have an unpaid judgment debt for an amount the authority may recover under section 71.
(2) A company is entitled to a contractor's licence if the authority is satisfied, on application by that company for a licence, that--
(a) the directors, secretary and influential persons for the company are fit and proper persons to exercise control or influence over a company that holds a contractor's licence; and
(b) the company's nominee holds a licence specifically identifying, as a class of building work that the nominee may supervise, the same class of building work for which the licence is sought by the company; and
(c) the applicant satisfies the relevant financial requirements stated in the board's policies; and
(d) the company is not an excluded company; and
(e) the company is not a company for which a banned or disqualified individual is a director, secretary, influential person or nominee; and
(f) neither the company, nor a director, secretary, influential person or nominee of the company has an unpaid judgment debt for an amount the authority may recover under section 71.
(3) In deciding whether a particular person is a fit and proper person to hold a contractor's licence or to exercise control or influence over a company that holds a contractor's licence, the authority may have regard to--
(a) commercial and other dealings in which that person has been involved and the standard of honesty and integrity demonstrated in those dealings; and
(b) any failure by that person to carry out commercial or statutory obligations and the reasons for the failure; and
(c) tier 1 defective work carried out by the person, whether or not the person received a notice under section 67AH, 67AI, 67AL or 67AM stating a term of ban for the work; and
(ca) if the person is an enforcement debtor under an enforcement order for an infringement notice offence for this Act or the Domestic Building Contracts Act 2000--whether the person has taken steps under the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 to discharge the amount stated in the enforcement order; and
(d) any other relevant factor.
(4) However, the authority may not have regard to the matter mentioned in subsection (3)(ca) if--
(a) the person has applied for cancellation of the relevant enforcement order and the application for cancellation has not been finally decided; or
(b) 28 days have not elapsed since the date of the enforcement order.